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Mandarin's Gold

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Mandarin's Gold
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Directed byOscar Apfel
Written byLucien Hubbard
Philip Lonergan
StarringKitty Gordon
CinematographyLucien Tainguy
Production
company
Distributed byWorld Film Company
Release date
  • February 10, 1919 (1919-02-10)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
(English intertitles)

Mandarin's Gold is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and starring Kitty Gordon and Irving Cummings.[1]

Cast

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Reception

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Variety's review was mixed, finding that the story was nothing new, but that the cast was "unusually good" and the settings were "handsome."[2]

Oscar C. Apfel and Warner Oland on set
Warner Oland, an unidentified actor, Kitty Gorden, Irving Cummings

Moving Picture World's Robert C. McElravy gave the film a positive review, and found it to be a "pleasing subject."[3]

Preservation

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It is unknown whether the film survives as no copies have been located, likely lost.[4]

References

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  1. ↑ "The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: ..Mandarin's Gold". Archived from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  2. ↑ Variety. New York City: Variety Publishing Company. January 31, 1919. p. 53.
  3. ↑ Moving Picture World. New York: Chalmers Publishing Company. February 8, 1919. p. 805.
  4. ↑ "The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Mandarin's Gold". July 31, 2023. Archived from the original on July 31, 2023. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
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